Forty years ago , Kit Rodger and his champion discovered a small underground bunker while traipse around Scotland ’s Craigielands Forest . Apart from boast in their boyhood adventure , the cryptical bunker remained unknown and was gradually obscured by undergrowth .
A few calendar month ago , Rodger , now a sketch technician for Forest and Land Scotland ( FLS ) , render to the area to retard for any heritage site or environmental dimension that would interfere with an forthcoming tree - cut down mathematical operation . Without an official record of the bunker , Rodger and his colleague , Kenny Bogle , scoured the timberland level for any signs of it .
“ With only vague memories of more than 40 yr ago , Kenny and I searched through straits - high bracken until we stumbled on a shallow deep which lead to the bunker door , ” Rodger said in an FLS blogpost . “ Only a little opening remained , but we could just make out the blast wall in the dark beyond . ”
After an probe , the FLS check the bunker was build duringWorld War IIto house an Auxiliary Unit , a British citizen reserves tax with sabotaging an invasion if the enemies made it past the first line of defense , the Home Guard . These extremely clandestine units , sometimes name “ Churchill ’s secret USA ” or “ scallywags , ” comprise man with a wealth of knowledge about the land — like gamekeepers , foresters , and poacher . Because they were the last resort , they were look to fight to the death .
And , because Auxiliary Units operated with utmost privacy , many of their bunkers have never been regain . This particular one is about 10 foot by 23 foot and was construct from riveted , corrugate smoothing iron sheets over a cementum flooring . FLS archaeologist Matt Ritchiesaidin a imperativeness release that records indicate the bunker was used by about seven men who were armed with revolvers , submachine guns , a sniper ’s rifle , and explosive . The only live evidence of the unit ’s aliveness underground is some broken wood , which might be the remains of hokum bed . As BBC Newsreports , the bunker in all probability also contained a table and a cooking range .
Though we bed the trap is somewhere near Moffat , a town in Scotland ’s Dumfries and Galloway council expanse , the FLS is keeping its exact placement under wrapping to protect it from a potential influx of visitor .
[ h / tBBC News ]
